Hair-shedder.



No. 663,897. Patented Dec. 18 I900.

w. HEBRICK. HAIR SHEDDER.-

(Application filed .Tuna 27,

No. 663,897. Patented Dec l8, I900.

W. HERRICK.

HAIR SHEDDER.

(Application filed June 27, 1900.)

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

NITED STATES nrnnr Winn".

WILLIAM IIERRIOK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE MORGAN & WRIGHT, OF SAME PLACE.

HAlR-SHEDDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,897, dated December 18, 1900.

Application filed June 27, 1900.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM I-IERRIOK, of Chicago, county of Oook,State of Illinois,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hair-Shedders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

My invention contemplates an implement for shedding or removing the old coat of hair from horses and other animals, but more particularly horses, and is designed to afford a method of quickly removing all loose hair from a horse, especially in the spring and fall, when the animal commences to shed its coat.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective showing the back of a hairshedder embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective showing the face of the shedder. Fig. 3 is a plan showing the guard unbuckled and the two strap portions extended at each side. Fig. 4 is a section on line a; a: in Fig. 3. i

A hair-shedder constructed in accordance with my invention is preferably rectangular in form and composed mainly of rubber or rubber composition. The face of the hairshedder, is formed with a series of longitudinally-arranged flexible rubber webs. These flexible rubber webs are parallel and connected at their ends by like transverse webs B, the edges of the longitudinal and transverse ribs or webs being in substantially the same horizontal plane. The back E of the hair-shedder is common to all of said webs, and may be reinforced with fabric 0, the fabric being cut in the form shown in Fig. 3 and provided with two laterally-extending strap portions, which can be adjustably connected, 4,0 for example, by being buckled together to form the guard D. The hair-shedder thus provided with parallel webs and intervening cavities can be molded in any suitable man- Serial No. 21,788- (No model.)

ner. It will be understood that the fabric can be vulcanized to the rubber. The hair-shedder thus molded with longitudinal and end transverse ribs and a back is flexible and elastic throughout and will readily yield to the form of the animal upon which it is used, it being observed that the rubber back will bend in all directions and that the webs willyield in accordance with any bending action of the back.

In use the hand is placed under the guard and the face of the implement applied to the animals coat. A sidewise movement of the hair-shedder operates to pull out the loose hair, the webs A being flexed laterally as a result of such sidewise movement and the hair thus pulled out by the friction of the rubber collecting in the cavities between the webs. In this way all loose hair can be quickly removed as soon as the horse begins shedding its coat. Ordinarily it requires several weeks for a horse to completely shed its coat, and duringsuch time the hairis constantly coming out, making driving unpleasant. With my novel hair-shedder, however, the old coat can be entirely removed as soon as the shedding begins, thereby putting the horse in shape for immediate service.

What I claim as my invention is-- A flexible and elastic hair-shedder, comprising a series of longitudinal parallel webs; transverse webs at the ends of the longitudinal webs, with the edges of said longitudinal and transverse webs all substantially in the same horizontal plane; and a back common to all of said Webs, the whole being molded of rubber or rubber composition; and a sheet of fabric covering and united to the outer side 0f the back and provided with a suitable handguard, substantially as described.

WILLIAM HERRIGK.

Witnesses:

W. O. PELOT, W. H. HEPPERD. 

